Kill it or grow it: Computer game design for playful math-learning

Andrea Valente; Emanuela Marchetti

doi:10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.11

Kill it or grow it: Computer game design for playful math-learning

Andrea Valente, Emanuela Marchetti

Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

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Abstract

Creating playful games to support domain-specific learning is a complex task. This paper presents the design and development of Prime Slaughter, a computer game to play with abstract mathematical concepts, like factorization and
primality. The target group is composed of primary and early secondary school students. Following the findings of a participatory design study about children interaction in museums, our game maps operational aspects of prime
factorization onto a gameplay inspired by 2D action-adventure games, where primality and factorizaton are experienced in a visual and direct way. The museum study also suggests to support learning by multiple play styles and goal-directed
activities. A new participatory design study is about to start, to validate and improve the latest prototype of the game.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of DIGITEL 2012 : The 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning
Number of pages	8
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
Publication date	2012
Pages	17-24
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-0885-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.11
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning - Takamatsu, Japan Duration: 27 Mar 2012 → 30 Mar 2012 Conference number: 4

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Conference	4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning
Number	4
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Takamatsu
Period	27/03/2012 → 30/03/2012

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Keywords

playful learning
prime factorization
computer games
forms of play

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Valente, A & Marchetti, E 2012, Kill it or grow it: Computer game design for playful math-learning. in Proceedings of DIGITEL 2012: The 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning. IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 17-24, 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, Takamatsu, Japan, 27/03/2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.11

Kill it or grow it: Computer game design for playful math-learning. / Valente, Andrea; Marchetti, Emanuela.
Proceedings of DIGITEL 2012: The 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2012. p. 17-24.

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